Assessing Soil Nutrients Variability and Adequacy for the Cultivation of Maize, Cassava, and Sorghum in Selected Agroecological Zones of Cameroon

Nanganoa, Lawrence Tatanah; Ngome, Francis Ajebesone; Suh, Christopher; Basga, Simon Djakba

doi:10.1155/2020/8887318

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“…Poor soil fertility is a major constraint for crop production in Cameroon with nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) as the main limiting elements ( Tening et al, 2013 ; Ngosong et al, 2019 ; Nanganoa et al, 2020 ). Soil nutrient deficiencies are commonly resolved using chemical NPK fertilizers that are deleterious to the environment and humans when applied in excess, which has necessitated alternative management practices that can foster crop productivity without jeopardizing sustainability ( Ntambo et al, 2017 ; Mahmud et al, 2020 ; Mndzebele et al, 2020 ).…”

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Inoculating plant growth-promoting bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi modulates rhizosphere acid phosphatase and nodulation activities and enhance the productivity of soybean (Glycine max)

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Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] cultivation is important for its dual role as rich source of dietary protein and soil fertility enhancer, but production is constrained by soil nutrient deficiencies. This is often resolved using chemical fertilizers that exert deleterious effects on the environment when applied in excess. This field study was conducted at Nkolbisson-Yaoundé in the agro-ecological zone V of Cameroon to assess the performance of soybean when inoculated with plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF), with or without NPK fertilizer addition. Ten treatments (Control, PGPB, AMF, PGPB+AMF, PGPB+N, PGPB+PK, PGPB+N+PK, PGPB+AMF+N, PGPB+AMF+PK, and PGPB+AMF+N+PK) were established in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. Mycorrhizal colonization was only observed in AMF-inoculated soybean roots. In comparison to control, sole inoculation of PGPB and AMF increased the number of root nodules by 67.2% and 57%, respectively. Co-application of PGPB and AMF increased the number of root nodules by 68.4%, while the addition of NPK fertilizers significantly increased the number of root nodules by 66.9–68.6% compared to control. Acid phosphatase activity in soybean rhizosphere ranged from 46.1 to 85.1 mg h–1 kg–1 and differed significantly across treatments (p < 0.001). When compared to control, PGPB or AMF or their co-inoculation, and the addition of NPK fertilizers increased the acid phosphatase activity by 45.8%, 27%, 37.6%, and 26.2–37.2%, respectively. Sole inoculation of PGPB or AMF and their integration with NPK fertilizer increased soybean yield and grain contents (e.g., carbohydrate, protein, zinc, and iron) compared to the control (p < 0.001). Soil phosphorus correlated significantly (p < 0.05) with soybean grain protein (r = 0.46) and carbohydrate (r = 0.41) contents. The effective root nodules correlated significantly (p < 0.001) with acid phosphatase (r = 0.67) and soybean yield (r = 0.66). Acid phosphatase correlated significantly (p < 0.001) with soybean grain yield (r = 0.63) and carbohydrate (r = 0.61) content. Effective root nodules correlated significantly with carbohydrate (r = 0.87, p < 0.001), protein (r = 0.46, p < 0.01), zinc (r = 0.59, p < 0.001), and iron (r = 0.77, p < 0.01) contents in soybean grains. Overall, these findings indicate strong relationships between farm management practices, microbial activities in the rhizosphere, and soybean performance.

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Inoculating plant growth-promoting bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi modulates rhizosphere acid phosphatase and nodulation activities and enhance the productivity of soybean (Glycine max)

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“…Small-scale heterogeneity of soil nutrient distribution It may be more affected by structural and random factors (such as chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and plant growth hormones, etc .). In addition, the fertilizer use efficiency of different plants is different, resulting in large spatial differences in the nutrients remaining in the soil ( Nanganoa et al, 2020 ).…”

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Spatial distribution of soil nutrients and evaluation of cultivated land in Xuwen county

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Liu

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It is of great significance to promote the quantitative research of soil science and the implementation of precision agriculture. On this basis, taking Xuwen County as the research object, this paper comprehensively analyzed the soil characteristics of cultivated land in Xuwen County and clarify the soil nutrient content and spatial distribution characteristics of cultivated land in Xuwen County, this paper comprehensively applied the methods of geostatistics, geographic information system (GIS) and fuzzy mathematics, and referred to the cultivated land quality grade standard (GB/T 33469-2016), to analyze the soil characteristics and evaluate the soil fertility of this region. The results show that the optimal interpolation model of soil pH and available phosphorus (AP) is a Gaussian model, and the optimal interpolation model of soil organic matter (SOM), available nitrogen (AN) and available potassium (AK) is a J-Bessel model. In addition, the spatial correlation of AK is weak, whereas pH, SOM, AN and AP show moderate spatial correlation. The proportion of excellent, good, average, medium and poor comprehensive fertility index are 26.00%, 32.67%, 19.33%, 19.00% and 3.00%, respectively. The overall level of soil fertility in Xuwen County is above the average, and the fertility quality presents an obvious trend of high in the South and low in the North. Areas that above average fertility are mainly distributed in Maichen Town, Qujie Town, Nanshan Town and Chengbei Town. The results can provide theoretical basis for improving the utilization rate of chemical fertilizer, fine management of cultivated land and ecological environment in this region, which can help in decision-making of precision fertilization.

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“…The soil in the area is mostly ferruginous type developed on old basalt and has a brown reddish clay texture. There is an immense dependence of agriculture productivity on soil physicochemical properties (Nanganoa et al, 2020).…”

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Evaluation of the cross-pollination in maize (Zea mays L.) synthetic varieties grown in the High Guinean savannah zone conditions

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Nassourou²,

Dolinassou³

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In Cameroon, maize is the most widely cultivated cereal and is consumed by more than one third of the population. This study aimed to evaluate in the tropical conditions the cross-pollination rate in four recipient synthetic maize varieties by xenia phenomenon depending on distance to the pollen source and wind direction. The experimental design was triplicated split plot with each replication arranged as a 576 m2 Latin square area. The combined analysis of variance showed a highly significant effect (p<0.001) of the gap from pollen source and wind direction on the cross-pollination rate of the recipient varieties. CMS 8704 yellow-grain variety which is the pollen donor and the white grain receiver cultivars CMS 2019, CMS 8501, CMS 9015 and Shaba had one to seven days’ difference between the female flowering of the recipient variety and the start of male flowering of the donor. These synthetic varieties differed significantly for the number of leaves per plant, the 100-seeds weight, the plant height, and total kernels weight per plant, with cultivar Shaba showed the highest values. The highest cross-pollination rates were found in the first maize rows facing the donor field and the genetic pollution decreased with increasing distance from the donor source. At the same distance from source, the pollution level higher the North. The implementation of appropriate separation distance (>10 m) is recommended for reducing genetic pollution and ensuring coexistence of different genotypes in maize production field.

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Assessing Soil Nutrients Variability and Adequacy for the Cultivation of Maize, Cassava, and Sorghum in Selected Agroecological Zones of Cameroon

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

Inoculating plant growth-promoting bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi modulates rhizosphere acid phosphatase and nodulation activities and enhance the productivity of soybean (Glycine max)

Inoculating plant growth-promoting bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi modulates rhizosphere acid phosphatase and nodulation activities and enhance the productivity of soybean (Glycine max)

Spatial distribution of soil nutrients and evaluation of cultivated land in Xuwen county

Evaluation of the cross-pollination in maize (Zea mays L.) synthetic varieties grown in the High Guinean savannah zone conditions

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